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Overview
CSS has several properties to control text spacing. In this chapter you will learn about the following properties:
Formula
text - indent letter - spacing line - height word - spacing white - spaceFormula
text - indent property is used to specify the indentation of the first line in a text - block.Negative values are allowed. The first line will be indented to the left if the value is negative.
Formula
Indent the first line of text in a text - block:p {
text-indent: 50px;
}Formula
letter - spacing property is used to specify the space between the characters in a text.Negative values are allowed.
Increase and decrease the space between characters:
h1 {
letter-spacing: 5px;
}
h2 {
letter-spacing: -2px;
}Formula
line - height property is used to specify the space between lines.Negative values are not allowed.
p.small {
line-height: 0.8;
}
p.big {
line-height: 1.8;
}Formula
word - spacing property is used to specify the space between the words in a text.Negative values are allowed.
Increase and decrease the space between words:
p.one {
word-spacing: 10px;
}
p.two {
word-spacing: -2px;
}Formula
white - space property specifies how white - space inside an element is handled.This property can have one of the following values:
Formula
normal nowrap pre pre - line pre - wrapHow to disable text wrapping inside an element p {
white-space: nowrap;
}Formula
Specifies the space between characters in a text line - height